Saturday, August 1, 2009

No, the Militant isn't referring to his recent return to blogging, which may or may not have come after a vacation to an unspecified far-off land, illness, a busy schedule, just plain laziness, or one or more of the above.

The original pre-urban Southern California landscape was once dotted with wetlands, swamps and marshes, which go down as far south as San Diego. Here in Los Angeles, wetlands live on mainly in the historical etymology of streets (i.e. La Cienega - "The Swamp") or, as one of the most well-known remaining wetland areas - the Ballona Wetlands south of Marina Del Rey.

Another well-known wetland is the Bixby Slough, an area near Harbor City and Carson, straddled by the 110 Freeway. Today it makes up Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park, which contains Lake Machado, best known worldwide as the former home of Reggie The Alligator, who at one point was Southern California's most popular reptile, surpassing this guy for a time.

Today's Ken Malloy Park is but a tiny fraction of the size the original wetlands area was, but the Militant is glad to report that a recently-restored part of the Bixby Slough is making a return in the 21st century.

You can't just walk in anytime, though, the Bixby Marshland will only be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the first Saturday of the month -- which means you'll only have today, September 5, October 3, November 7 and December 5 of this year to check it out.

The Militant may or may not be there today, but if you spot him (give it a shot, who knows?), raise a fist and he'll raise his back!

Manifesto

A 100% Los Angeles native, the Militant Angeleno lives in a compound in an unspecified neighborhood of central Los Angeles. His life consists largely of his various adventures around the city, which are documented in this blog. The Militant is also multi-modal and is not dependent on any one mode of transportation, although he is most known for traversing the City's streets via bicycle. The Militant can be described as part-activist, part-superhero, giving the voice to the voiceless and silencing those who just plain whine too much. Partly because of his selfless motives, he prefers to refer to himself in the third person, as the first-person is too self-centered. The Militant is anonymous and goes to great lengths to protect his identity and is aided and protected by an unspecified number of operatives, who are sworn to secrecy as to his identity. Most important, the Militant's ultimate objective is not to be the Militant Angeleno, but to empower and enlighten other Angelenos, so that they may be militants in their own right. Oh yeah, Go Dodgers!

Contacting The Militant Angeleno

Do you have a question for the Militant Angeleno (sorry, all questions regarding his identity will be ignored)? Would you like to send hate mail (or love mail, even)? Do you want to know how you can join the Angeleno Militia? Here's how!